COVID-19 pandemic: a unique opportunity to ‘build back fairer’ and reduce health inequities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Efforts to address the social determinants of health have remained challenging and unsatisfactory in many parts of the world, including in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Policies to contain the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed and amplified the existing and even created new dimensions in social and health inequities, To address these issues, the World Health Organization Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean took the initiative to establish the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, which was convened in November 2019 and tasked to analyse health inequities and recommend strategic actions to effectively pursue social justice in health and well-being in the Region. The forthcoming Commission’s report reveals path-breaking insights into the state of health inequity, the daily life conditions and structural issues, which aggravate inequities and require actions by the stakeholders.

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Al-Mandhari A; Marmot M; Ghaffar A; Hajjeh R; Allen J; Khan W; et al. COVID-19 pandemic: a unique opportunity to ‘build back fairer’ and reduce health inequities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. East Mediterr Health J. 2021;27(3):217-219 https://doi.org/10.26719/2021.27.3.217